GREETINGS!
I am sure by now you miss me so much already and you just can't wait to start school and be with me in class again...I feel the same way!
Anyways...as I mentioned, you have until tomorrow evening, Saturday, 25 October 2008, to complete and respond to this blog. Answer it as honestly and as completely as possible.
"How did you spend your October Break and what instance in your vacation could you attribute or relate to our class? Think carefully and explain well please. Remember that this is a first-come-first-serve basis again...so before you post, check other postings first so you will not end up duplicating anything."
That's All Folks! Enjoy whatever is left of your holiday and do not miss me much...we'll be seeing each other in three days time---WOW! ---October Break is over...! Take care and be safe...CIAO!!!Mr. A
29 comments:
Mandy
I spend my October Break watching the news and critizing who's right and who's wrong. Analyzing the news kind of relates to English class because we have to do critical thinking in discussions, on tests and homeworks. I think about it thoroughly and analyze the "how's" and "why's". Just like in English class when I have to understand what the author was really saying and why did the story link to big ideas.
I spend my October Break installing and updating games at my father's internet cafe. There are a lot of new online and offline games, so I have to try each and everyone of it and decide which one is best to install for others to play. This is related to class because after we learn things, there are information and IMPORTANT INFORMATION. So when I pick a games to install, I must think carefully because it takes up a lot of space. So, it's like learning, you must keep the best information to keep for your test and the not so important one are review but not in dept. It's like you know how to play it, but you're not the PRO of the game.
Chia Yu
I spend most of my October Break with my grandfather and grandmother. They came to Thailand to treat my grandmother’s ear problem. My grandmother can’t hear any sound these weeks. I went to the hospital with her and take care of her. This reminded me that Mr. A told us frequently that we are not children anymore. I learned not only to take care of myself, but my elders too. Before, my grandmother always likes to talk with me, my sister and brother. However today, she can’t listen to what we say and she can’t talk properly. This week, I found out my grandfather and grandmother was old already. They have so many white hairs and wrinkles. I think it is time for us to show filial obedience and take care of them.
I sincerely wish my grandmother can get well soon so I can talk to her and she can hear my voice......
I spent my October break being sick at home and watching my brother play computer games. Although I was only sniffing and coughing, I felt that my break is being wasted, and that I’m being cheated on (why wasn’t I sick during the school days instead?). I was really looking forward to the break, but being sick just changed everything. This relates to class because whenever I try to study on a specific part for a test, that part does not appear in the test at all. I thought I was ready, but it seems like I haven’t studied at all. Recently, I’ve been looking and trying to memorize the dates and time mentioned in “A Sound of Thunder”. The test turns out to be asking about the paradox thingy instead. So, to finish off, whenever you think you are right, think again.
I spend my October Break watching the World Series of baseball it was between the two teams Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia. They both try very hard to get the champion. Most important thing was they don’t give up until the game has end, they try there best at all times. This is related to our class because we also try our best in class to gain a good grade, we don’t easily give up in class. We try our best on the tests, homework, and class discussions……etc. Like those baseball players they didn’t give up the game even they lost a lot because no one will know what will happen before the game end!
Pat
I spent more than half of my October break sleeping in bed because of high fever. As days past and I still can't do anything due to the fact that I can’t get out of bed, it makes me worry about all the homework I have to get done when I'm capable of getting out of bed. This feeling I have when I'm in bed makes me relate to the story The Wizard of Oz that we had a discussion in class. In the story Dorothy has a goal in going back to her homeland but then there were obstacles/hurdles such as the Evil Witches she had to face or other difficulties she came over that was blocking her way. Similar with me my goal in completing all my homework as fast as possible was made harder to accomplish because of my sickness, 'the hurdle' in blocking my way…
Tommy
I spend my break on healing my sprained leg and my eyes that is red so I need to sit down at home doing nothing then my mom take me to the hospital, then I spend most of the break taking medicine. After I feel better then I go golfing all day long 9.30 in the morning to 6.00 it was quite fun. I think this relate to English class because this make me think of after failure or pain then we work harder then we can get what we want or what we like to do. Is like in English class we work a lot harder then we will have a greater possibility of getting a good grade.
I spend my October Break with my friends, parents, and myself. I have been to Sai’s house to practice for Thai’s project with Yui, Mint, and Ploy. Mint picked me up on the first day I went to Sai’s house and another day (that I can’t wait for Mint to come because she got up late) I went to Homepro by took a taxi. By the end of these two days, I went to Central Bangna with Yui and Mint (Sai for only one day). I took a bus back to my home with Mint and Sai. I always spend my night with my parents by listened to the news (PAD vs. PPP), sang songs, played musical instrument, and chatted together. For the day that I don’t need to go to Sai’s house, I went to work with my parents and on Piyamaharat Day, I’ve been to Siam Park. I played most of the playthings (such as Vortex, Viging, Rock-n-Roll, and Disco Plate) by myself because my little brother and nanny were all scared of these playthings. These situations related to our class because most of these time, I have to collaborate with my friends, self-service, and more confidence (to travel by myself).
During October break I am sick, my throat is sore. Most of my time I spend on reading The Princess Bride, It took me very long because I’m a slow reader. I sing during my singing class, I read during my free time. I spend most of my time doing my homework. I brought some cloth for sprit week. I went to my grandmother house to celebrate her birthday. I practice shooting gun at shooting gallery in Chonburi. In the morning I woke up very late because it is something that I cannot do when we have school. To relate my holiday with my favorite class, literature, I have so much fun during this time. I need to thing critically while I’m reading The Princess Bride. Even though everything I do didn’t seem to be fun, but like Mr. A said all these things I do this year will prepare me for next year which may be harder.
I spend my most wonderful october break doing things that I like and the things that I hate. Though you might figure out already that what is the things I enjoy and what I do not. Yes of course the first thing I do was to wake up late in the morning. It fell good though but then the worst part is to do your work and its boring enough to sit and work all day. The only thing that help me get through the boring work is the book that teachers assign me to read. By that I was trying to do all kind of critical thinking which if I were to have done it then it would just be a piece of cake. Its hard though but I manage to figure out some. Also there is this problem in the Tv which interest me and send me on thinking about the solution. Its just fun and more enjoyable and better than just work. Within this book I kind of learn some lesson like in the story of "THE BIRD" it reveal about human characteristic which show that people sometime do this kind of mistake even though you just know there is some mistake.
I spend my October break on arranging stuffs. My dad is a jewelry's tool seller, so this is almost the end of the month and there are a lot of orders from many factories coming to his office. All orders came with great number and some tools we are out of stock. These whole week I need to packed everything in order to my customers and 3 times checking on each box. I felt bored of doing this thing, and I don't even have a space to walk because the room filled with boxes and tools. This is kind of relate to our class (and history class) because we learned step by step in order to be clear and understand. We can't jump from step 1 to step 10. I needed to packed tools in a correct number and check 3 times because I'm not leaving any missing steps behind.
In the october break, i did many things, some were fun, knowleadgeful, happy, full of surprises and stupid.
One day, i and my family went to watch a movie called "City of Ember" it was quite fun (my mom wants to watch it)(dad and I want to watch Max payne). This movie was a bit boring but there were many interesting things. One that is related to our english class is that every problem has a solution.
In the movie, everyones think that the underground city of Ember has no way out and the lights that gives light to the whole city is jaming, in the end, two kids found their way out in the open world and helps every body out. This teaches me that everything has a solution if we try.
james_16061234 is james english 9C!
BOW G9c
On this Octber Break I have done many of the house works which really tired...and picking out the tick and fleas out of my dog too..that is a really hard work to do. Also the homework from Mr.A and the tests that is coming when the school opens up. I think about the story that we have read before.."LORD OF THE FLIES" which the students don't have to do anything but hunt, eat, and survive. Just like we are doing now hunt for grades, eat for energy and survive from the super annoying tests and exams.
On this October break, I...did so many things just like the others. Sleep, eat, play, sleep (again, after sleeping 4 hours a day for a week)...+_+, and worry about when am I going to do my homework, which whenever I thought of it, I often make an excuse to do other things, and often cause me headaches on the last day of the break (T_T). I am happily having a wonderful time being lazy, but after reviewing the Princess Bride, and saw how Westley have been so---um, unlazy (is there really a word?? must check the dict.) I feel very ashame of myself, but still can't shake off my habit of doing things at the last minute (Y_Y). Many things are related to school, and especially your class everyday of my life, except I just have to pay more attention to it. In my October break, I'll use the Princess Bride to relate to your class, I have been fighting with lots of things with my brother. Such as who's going to have the remote control, who's washing the dishes, etc., and I suffer through losing, but compare to what the characters in the novel goes through, my suffering is just so small(and I complain about how unfair my life is -_-), their suffering goes through pain, and death and I know many places are similiar too, so I should be happy with my life.
PS. I hope the Princess Bride is a true story, I'm kinda addicted to it or something, can't explain the feeling *0*.
um, theres really no such word as unlazy...and it seem I wrote too much T_T
M
In this October break i went to practice soccer with our coach Mr.Paul at school. It was from 9:00 to about 15:00. Durring the practice we all figured out that we need to fallow instructions very well or else you would not do the correct thing or the thing you should be doing. This relates to our class because we always need to listen to instructions/directions and fallow it well.
The first two days of my vacation was mostly playing games. At Monday, I was in United Airlines flying straight to Tokyo, Shinjuku. Shinjuku is a superb place! It's like US's Times Square where people come out and walk with their friends and families during the night time. The temperature here is about 10-20 degrees Celsius in average. Everything here is very expensive but the thing is like about Japan is that everyone in the city is good. The next city my family went is the Matsumoto. This is a small city that we walked around and had good meals. It is kind of ironic because 90% of the population in Japan smoke and they can also smoke in restaurants so smokers suppose to die faster than nonsmokers but the life expectancy here is even longer than many countries such as Thailand which we have the law of no smoking in public places. I would want to note that Japanese people are very punctual when going or doing something. For example, when they say the Shinganzen train is leaving straight at 12:10, they really mean to leave 12:10 straight. Just like in Mr. A's class, we must be on time or else something bad will happen... Right now I'm back in Shinjuku again where the city never be quiet or the people are never at rest. People here have very good manner such as stopping their cars for the people to cross the black and white lines, people here also are very trustable, like in few countries in this world, when you leave something behind, the people will never just come and steal your stuff. People here also don't accept any bribes or they don't accept tips. All of above characteristics are what I want Thail people to be. Politics here seems to be very stable and people are very friendly. I like Japan very much but I can't wait to go back to school and have a great second quarter learning time!
P.S. People here bath themselves in hot spring naked with many people of the same gender around. Just like in Lord of the Flies, they have less inhibition than those of Thais!
Joyce#2419
In this October Break I went to Pattaya with my grandmother, my aunt’s family, and my family, but accept my dad. I feel pity of my dad, when everyone going out and having fun, he needs to work hard for earning money for us to use, he can only rest on Sunday. I spend most of time with them in Pattaya. They came here for short vacation. On the way to Pattaya, I’m reading The Princess Bribe, it’s take me a long time to finish that book, cause most of the time I read and I fell sleep zzZZ~. When I traveled to Pattaya, I feel like I’m another home. The hotel that we went is very beautiful and comfortable. The Zign, the fine art of relaxing, this is a new hotel in Naklua Road. We lived there for about 5 days, and didn’t go anywhere because in hotel has everything we want. I try to finish The BIRDS as soon as possible. I think this is related to our class because both of stories will be discuss in class as soon as we get back from the break. Even it is a break, but it didn't different then school days, we always have A LOT of homework. =[]=’’
Yao-yao
I spent my October Break going outdoor, and doing homework. During the many "outdoors", I am caught up a lot of times in heavy rainfalls. Also, from news many parts in the world are also facing severe raining like Yemen, and Honduras (which is much more severe than Thailand with about 50 deaths from both places). This is similar to The Birds, where nature is attacking human without mercy. Both cases are similar due to the fact that human have triggers these occurrences, and the outcome of our ignorance is that lots of lives are suffered!
During the October break, I spend most of the time on playing golf. It was my first time in my life to play golf. So that time I was excited. First time that I try to hit the ball I miss it. I think it was embarrassing, because even I can hit the ball the balls go very short. Even the child about 9 years old can hit the ball farther than me, some people are laughing at me, but I continue hitting the ball. Then at last I think I get better than before. I feel good that I didn’t quit when other is looking down at me, because if I do that I will never know how to play golf. Therefore it related to the class, because if I still afraid or embarrass and not speak English in the class I will not learn anything. Other thing is we shouldn’t compare our self to another.
VAN~
Mostly, I spend my October Break at home. Honestly, I’m bored! However I still have works to do, guitar to play, family to take care, etc. I usually wake up at 10 but my parents went out to work at 8 am and they are home about 11 pm. So I didn’t get to meet them much. I have two older sister at home and two maids. The funny thing was only one of the maids knows how to cook and the one that is with me and my sister this week is the one that doesn’t know how to cook. My sister said we have to take turns to cook. So, different days would have different chef. I got the third day because I’m the youngest. After two day passed I knew that I would have to cook myself for me and my sisters. About 5 in the evening, I went to the kitchen, there was shrimp in the freezer so I decided to cook fried rice (my kind of fried rice not a restaurant quality). First I put the shrimps and three eggs in the pan with boiling oil. My instinct told me that this would be the first step because it was the only two things that were hard to be ripen. But sincerely I didn’t even know it’s true or not. Then I stir until I think the egg is half way ripe. I put in the tomato source followed by cooked rice. And lastly I put in some kind of cooking spice. However it ended up with some kind of spaghetti and fired rice. It’s ok to eat if u think u eat for survive not to eat for appetizing. XD
As Mr. A always tells us in class that as we grow up we will have more work to do. We got to have a lot of responsible for works to be done and as we grow up we will have more activities to do. We have to organize the time. If we don’t know something we got to try, if it’s wrong so next time we will know exactly what should not be done.
Sai 9B
There was a lot to do in the October Break. I feel like there were stuffs(works) piling beside me which was unbalance and ready to fall on me anytime. There was nine day of October Break; its seemed a lot, but it is not. My friends came to my house two days for practicing Thai skit, I went to my another house in Bangkok (my house near school was in not in BKK)for two days, go shopping for spirit week stuffs for one day, spent time with my family one day, and being sick in bed for one day. Only three days for me to really finished on my super a lot homework. There was a lot of things to do, so I had to discussed and planned with my parent to schedule on everything. The same in our class that we had to discuss about the story and plan what to learned next. I think my life in the October Break was also like stories we had learned in class. In the stories, the main character had to solve his or her problems(conflict); the same as me that I have to find a way to fit all the things I have to get done in the October break.
Sean9A English C
October Break, four of the nights I didn't get to sleep, not because I was up playing games but something was disturbing me. Then one night it happened, a rat somehow got to my room and it climbed up my lamp, next it jumped onto my bed and it decided to nibble my toe, I almost screamed my head off but decided against it because I didn't want to look like a girl, so I kicked that rat and it flew accross the room (it didn't die), that was how I spent my Tuesday night. The nibbling didn't draw blood or I really would have screamed. Wednesday I had soccer practice at school, it lasted the whole day and bought be a headache and it made me sick. This is just like English class because I get sick everytime I see the teacher's face. Just kidding =D. Actually, the rat incident is very related to english class, if you don't respond to something then that thing would topple you, it's related because you have to accept challenges and English class is full of challenges. If I didn't kick the rat, it would've called its rat friends and nibble off my whole foot.
P.S. I decided not to go to Laos because of the amount of homework.
New
I spend my October Break mostly at home. For the first few days, I play computer games and watch movies. It was really boring, but I don’t have any other things to do. Then Em invited me to go to the book fair on Tuesday. Em said that he will come to the book fair at 11:00am, so I went there at 11:00am and wait for him. Suddenly, Em said that he has an emergency issue and will arrive later. I believed in him, so I decided to walk around for a bit. I waited and waited for him to come. I tried to call him but he said that he was still at his cousin’s house. Then at 3:00pm Em finally arrived! However, I already walked for 4 hours and I had walked around the book fair like 6 times. So, I was really tired. And then when Em arrived, I immediately went home. Em was complaining that I went home so early leaving him to walk alone. This event is just like in English class, don’t be late or there will be consequences. And the rest of the October Break; I finished Mr.A’s and Mr.Paul’s homework.
i spend my vocation in my dad's factory and i learn alot from many little things. i think this is relate to English class is because we have to care about little things like grammar mistakes. Such as little thing like adding"s or ed," or using the right vocabulay in right time. If we care the little thing like what i had mention, we will impove our essay alot!!!
Billy
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